NEW YORK — The Rays had a busy finish to Thursday’s trade deadline, headlined by the acquisition of hard-throwing reliever Griffin Jax and the decision to hang on to their key veteran players. In deals reported just before and after the 6 p.m. deadline, the Rays:

The Minnesota Twins, who sit in fourth place in the American League Central, finished off their liquidation sale by making deals with a pair of AL East teams ahead of Thursday's deadline.

The Tampa Bay Rays paid for dominance on Thursday, acquiring Jax from the Minnesota Twins for Taj Bradley, a source confirmed to The Athletic. Taj Bradley is coming back from Tampa Bay in the Griffin Jax trade.

In the middle of their four-game series finale Thursday afternoon, the Yankees and Rays finalized a deal to send Tampa Bay utility man Jose Caballero to New York. The Rays will receive outfielder Everson Pereira and a player to be named later from the Yankees.

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